New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-31
WATERMELOYs AN AFFLICTIoX.

HOW THEY BRING SORROW TO THE SOUL OF
BROOKLYN PFILANTHRoPIsT.
Tho watermelon season has arrived to the great
Joy Of nearly every ono. Those who visit f"itoh
Market and sec rows of stad merchants standing up
TO tho rack and clumpng the slices which they have
picked out will comprehend that watermelon Is
thing @; 10y. But there is one man to whom the ad-
vent of tho green ellpsods brings happiness, and
upon whose heart and brain caro-, because Of water
melon, is settling In black cloud like mosquitoes
upon the face of New-Jerscy nebrIatc. And yet he
Is most estmablo man, indeed one Of that band oil
Cod-fcaring man-loving slavery hating mon VINO
msde the North hopOred and respected even In the
days before tho Shareholders rebellion proved IT.
greatness. He Is In charge Of somo tenement build
ines over In Brooklyn, built not to squeeze money
out Of the anguish of the poor but to afford to every
one living within their walls the maximum OF light,
air and privacy. The managers soul Is In those
Towers they play fully called, and his face has
generally been an index TO the serenity Of his heart,
because all well there and the jewellers were
clean, contentcd, sclfrespccting and respected
But friend who him the other day noticed
with pain that no was worried and that the tranquil
lily OF his eyes was gono
whats the matter?' he asked alphabetically.
Is the heat too much for your
"Oh no." no replied. "1hc Towers are as cool
IN summer as they are warm In winter. But little
thing 10 troubling me- only little thing and yet II
Is giving me moro vexatton than care 10 express
You know how vilianously Brooklyn Is treated by the
persons who look after the street cleaning and the
nnoval Of garbage and ashes. Well. resolved that
the Towers should be Independent OF them. so con
ractcd for tho cleaning of our sections OF streets and
for the removal If our individual ashes The garbage
great trouble, but educated our people 10
burning as much Of IL as possible SO that we might
small and inconspcuous cans"
But Will garbage burn r. interrupted the friend
Certainly" answered the agent. ~ tell all my
newcomers that almost everything which goes injo
the garbage will burn freely because Is for tho
most part carbon. but nowhere ho paused" now
that people have commenced 10 eat wa.crnclous-"
watermelon rInd certainly Will not burn freely"
said his friend with mschievOus look Of amuse-
ment.
"wcn. no mot what you might call freely. But i
thought If the families exercised proper scfrestrant
and ate only two during tho season they
might chop up the rlnd into small square pieces and
SO get rid Of II gradually. There Ia unfortunately
now IN the Towers family that acquired tho water
melon habit down South, and apparently they con-
sumo watermelon every day. IL a real
tempting OF Providence in these choeraish times,
doesn't It
al don't know about that" said the friend. aim
fond Of watermelon myself"
In moderation, my dear boy, in moderation, and
then you needn't bother yourself about the rind This
family insists upon mlngng their watermelon rfnd
with their ashes, contrary to rules, and I've
melon habit shonld spread like epidemic among the
people Of the Towers there would DO rfnd than
could DO casricd OF daily by . wagon and stout pair
OF Tho thought Of this really takes away ms
appetite. and doubt II shall be mysclf long az
the lasts"